After winning an Oscar for The Departed, screenwriter William Monahan has stumbled a bit with two consecutive disappointments: Body of Lies and Edge of Darkness. Perhaps in an attempt to break out of this rough patch, Monahan decided to try … Continue reading
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- 3. The Master [Review]
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- 6. The Turin Horse [Review]
- 7. Elena [Review]
- 8. Zero Dark Thirty [Review]
- 9. Tabu [Review]
- 10. Beasts of the Southern Wild [Review]
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- 11. The Snowtown Murders
- 12. Flight [Review]
- 13. Magic Mike [Review]
- 14. Holy Motors
- 15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [Review]
- 16. Rust and Bone [Review]
- 17. The Color Wheel
- 18. Looper [Review]
- 19. On the Road [Review]
- 20. The Loneliest Planet [Review]
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Archive for October 2010
International Trailer for ‘London Boulevard’
Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 10:46 pm by Danny King in the Videos categoryMovie Review: ‘Hereafter’ (2010)
Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 6:01 pm by Danny King in the Reviews categoryHereafter is surprising in the way it presents a completely broad-minded 80-year-old Clint Eastwood. After watching his various films from the past decade, you’d think this director would be unshakable in terms of his approach to filmmaking. But in Hereafter, … Continue reading
Trailer for ‘Rabbit Hole’
Posted on Monday, October 25, 2010 at 6:15 pm by Danny King in the Videos categoryAfter impressing audiences throughout the fall festival circuit, John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole looks to have a very strong Oscar play in lead actress Nicole Kidman, whose last nomination was for 2002′s The Hours. Supporting players Aaron Eckhart and Dianne … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Stone’ (2010)
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 11:19 pm by Danny King in the Reviews categoryFrom the look of it, John Curran’s Stone appears to be another cliché-ridden thriller with the Righteous Kill-like intention of pairing up aging star Robert De Niro with a beautiful actress nearly half his age. That assumption, thankfully, should be … Continue reading
Second ’127 Hours’ Trailer
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 11:53 pm by Danny King in the Videos categoryA second trailer for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours reached the web about a week ago, but since I saw the film this Wednesday in Chicago, I thought I would use it as a springboard to share my initial thoughts. (You … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Conviction’ (2010)
Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 7:28 pm by Danny King in the Reviews categoryAccording to the closing credits of Tony Goldwyn’s Conviction, hundreds of convicted felons in the past few decades have been exonerated with the help of DNA testing. What separates this film’s story from the rest of these notable occurrences is … Continue reading
‘The Way Back’ Trailer
Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 3:51 pm by Danny King in the Videos categoryThe Playlist, via their Dailymotion channel, has uploaded the first trailer for Peter Weir’s The Way Back. It was recently announced that the film would receive a microscopic December 29 release in order to qualify for an Oscar run; it … Continue reading
Trailer for ‘Blue Valentine’
Posted on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 3:40 pm by Danny King in the Videos categoryYahoo has released the trailer for Derek Cianfrance’s indie drama Blue Valentine, which stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. The film has been performing impressively on the festival circuit all year, though it seems to have hit its first obstacle … Continue reading